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G. J.- 0LINE. ATTACHMENT FORGORN PLANTERS.

No. 476,086. Patented May 31, 1892.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G. J. OLINE. ATTAGHMENT FOR CORN PLANTERS.

Patented May 31, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. OLINE, OF GOSl-IEN, INDIANA.

ATTACHMENT FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,036, dated May 31,1892.

I Application filed February 11, 1892. Serial No. 421,081. i (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE J. CLINE, a citiprovcmentsin AttachmentsforOorn-Planters;

and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device which I shall denominate a walkingcheck-row marker or corn-dropper; and among other things it has for itsobject to provide an attachment which may be used in connection with anyplanter for dropping the grain at regular intervals.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the attachment asto render it capable of adjustment so that the corn or grain may bedropped nearer together or farther apart, as may be desired.

The invention has for a further ob jeet the employment of devices inconnection with a planter-frame whereby said attachment may be thrown inand out of gear for operation at the will of the attendant or driver,the devices being so adapted that when the machine is being transportedfrom place to place the attachment will remain out of operation.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following descriptionand claims, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, inwhich-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cornplanter with myimprovements applied and illustrated in an operative position. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal vertical sectional view with parts broken away andillustrating my improved locking device as raised out of an operativeposition. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine bearing my improvedattachment; and Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view through one of thehubs, showing parts of the spokes broken away.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates the front section, andB the rear section, of the planter-frame, which are hinged together, asshown at a. The forward section is provided with the usual seed-boxes Gand fur row-open ers D, while the rear section is mounted upon thesupporting-wheels E. The for-- ward section has alongitudinally-disposed beam 1), and the rear. section carries a leverc, which is fulerumed 011 a crossbar of said rear section, as shown ate, and is connected with the rear end of said beam 1) by means of a link61, whereby the forward section may be moved vertically or rocked withrespect to the rear section, and this lever c has a pivoted dependinglatch or catch f, which is designed to engage with a cross-strip g orother suitable device fiXed to the rear section, as shown, whereby whenthe free end of the lever c has been depressed it may be locked in sucha position for a purpose which will presently appear. Rising verticallyfrom the forward section of the main frame, and preferably on the inneror adjacent sides of the seed-boxes G, are two forked or bifurcatedstandards F, which may be of metal or other suitable material, the slotsor forks of said standards coinciding with grooves h in the upperopposite edges of the side walls of the seed-boxes.

G indicates a yoke or frame. This frame has the free end of its sidebranches 11 recessed, as shown at is, so as to furnish a hearing for theshaft or axle of the dropper attachment, as shown, and these branchesare pivoted in lugs Z of the forked uprights or standards F, as shown atm, the pivotal connection being about midway of their length, and thebearings should be of sucha character as to permit a free verticalmovement of the attachment in the forked standards or uprights.

H indicates a chain or rope connecting the rear end of the lever c withthe rear transverse portion a of the yoke or frame G. By thisconstruction it will be seen that by depressing the free end of thelever c the forward end of the forward section A of the frame will bedepressed and the rear end thereof elevated through the medium of theconnecting-link b, and simultaneously with this movement the yoke G willbe swung on its pivotal bearing so as to raise the free ends or recessedbranches thereof, and thereby lift the dropper in the forked branches ofthe uprights F, so as to elevate the same from contact with the ground.This movement will throw the attachment out of operation, as theshovel-points or outer ends of the spokes will seed-boxes, carries at asuitable point in its length a vertical stud or boltK for contactingwith the triggers of the dropper and imparting a reciprocating motion tosaid slide.

L indicates the shaft or axle of my improved This axle may be of metalor other suitable material, carrying trigdropping attachment.

gers M, fixed at the point in its length to contact with the stud orbolt K of the seed slide. These triggers radiate from the shaft or axleby branches 9 atsuitable intervals and are so disposed that one of saidbranches will cross the plane of the stud or bolt K at everyquarter-revolution of the dropper or walking attachment, although theremay be more or less triggers employed, and the outer ends of thesetriggers are bent alternately oblique, as shown at q, and it is theseoblique branches of the triggers that strike the stud or bolt K andimpart a reciprocating motion to the slide.

N indicates a hollow hub, there being one provided at each end of theshaft L and fixed so as to rotate therewith.

P indicates the spokes, which are also 1101-, low, being preferablycomposed of a pipe and h The outer secformed in telescopic sections.tions 0 of the spoke, which are designed to be, adj ustably secured uponthe inner sections 3 by means of bolts or other suitable fastening.

devices, carry at their outer ends shovel or spear-like pointst toinsure penetration of the ground and the consequent rotation or,

- said attachment may be raised and lowered,

walking of the attachment. I

For the purpose of properly sustaining the l attachments and preventingundue lateral movement of the same in the forked standards I haveprovided the shaft or axle with pins. or lugs u and washers (Z, whichassume a po-i sit-ion on the inner side of said standards, as shown.

In operation the attachment is vplaced'upon The the wheel to walk, as itwere, and impart a,

rotary motion to the shaft or axle A, which i motion, through the mediumof the triggers M, contacting with the stud or bolt K, willimpart areciprocating motion to the seedslides, dropping the seed from theboxes. When a sufficient quantity has been dropped or it is desired totransport the machine, the free end of the lever c is simply depresseduntil the catch f engages with the strip or bar g, when through themedium of the rope H the yoke will be oscillated on its bearings and theattachment raised in the forks of the standards, when the spokes willremain idle by reason of the fact that they cannot strike the ground.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a corn-planterattachment, a rotatable shaft having hollow hubs at opposite ends andhollow spokes secured to said hubs and formed in telescopic sections,the outer ends of the outer sections having shovels or penetratingpoints, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a corn-planter, of the forked standards risingtherefrom, the yoke or frame pivoted to the standards and having itssidebranches crossing said forks, a lever pivoted to the main frame, a ropeor the like connecting the lever with the yoke, suitable means forlocking the lever, and a dropper attachment arranged in the slots of thestandards and upon the yoke, whereby substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. CLINE.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. R1011, GEO. W. RULE.

